NFL Compared to WWE on Twitter After Monday Night Football

After a controversial call ended the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers game, Twitter exploded with angry and frustrated tweets from fans, players and journalists. The replacement referees' shoddy officiating had many people comparing Monday Night Football to WWE.

WWE CEO Vince McMahon had to be beaming when his name, WWE and Raw were all trending after the game.

The ending of the Seattle versus Green Bay game did feel like the kind of story you'd see told in a WWE ring. If that happened in pro wrestling, though, Golden Tate and M.D. Jennings would have later settled their differences in a steel cage match.

In reality, NFL fans just have to live with that sinking feeling in their gut. The NFL had an WWE air about it, but without the inevitable muscle-bound hero making things right in the end.

Many of the Twitter references to WWE were potshots at the wrestling company.

Skip Bayless of ESPN's First Take, for example, said this:

If that doesn't end the owners' lockout of the real refs, I don't know what will. The NFL looks like the WWE.

WWE wisely anticipated this and used Raw to make fun of the NFL's refereeing situation. WWE refs were highlighted during the show after a controversial call cost CM Punk a victory in the previous episode.

At one point, Paul Heymanheld a sleep mask with an NFL patch on it and Punk asked if the referee was wearing it during the match.

WWE employees weighed in as well. Former WWE and ECW announcer Joey Styles works closely with WWE's social media. He simply stated:

Even the worst @wwe referee is better than an @nfl replacement official. #RAW